diff --git a/src/components/frame/Photo.vue b/src/components/frame/Photo.vue
index 364fe7ee..509e3a49 100644
--- a/src/components/frame/Photo.vue
+++ b/src/components/frame/Photo.vue
@@ -269,11 +269,15 @@ export default defineComponent({
     },
 
     /** Start preview video */
-    playVideo() {
+    async playVideo() {
       const video = this.refs.video;
-      if (video && !(this.data.flag & this.c.FLAG_SELECTED)) {
+      if (!video || this.data.flag & this.c.FLAG_SELECTED) return;
+
+      try {
         video.currentTime = 0;
-        video.play();
+        await video.play();
+      } catch (e) {
+        // ignore, pause was probably called too soon
       }
     },
 
diff --git a/src/components/viewer/PsLivePhoto.ts b/src/components/viewer/PsLivePhoto.ts
index 76c2b7c3..fc54fe38 100644
--- a/src/components/viewer/PsLivePhoto.ts
+++ b/src/components/viewer/PsLivePhoto.ts
@@ -27,11 +27,15 @@ class LivePhotoContentSetup {
     lightbox.on('contentDestroy', this.onContentDestroy.bind(this));
   }
 
-  play(content: PsContent) {
+  async play(content: PsContent) {
     const video = content.element?.querySelector('video');
-    if (video) {
+    if (!video) return;
+
+    try {
       video.currentTime = 0;
-      video.play();
+      await video.play();
+    } catch (e) {
+      // ignore, pause was probably called too soon
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/components/viewer/PsVideo.ts b/src/components/viewer/PsVideo.ts
index 27e6f27a..19d32a20 100644
--- a/src/components/viewer/PsVideo.ts
+++ b/src/components/viewer/PsVideo.ts
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class VideoContentSetup {
     });
 
     // Play the video (hopefully)
-    const playWithDelay = () => setTimeout(() => content.videojs?.play(), 100);
+    const playWithDelay = () => setTimeout(() => this.playNoThrow(content.videojs), 100);
     playWithDelay();
 
     content.videojs.on('canplay', () => {
@@ -469,7 +469,15 @@ class VideoContentSetup {
     const time = vidjs.currentTime();
     vidjs.src(src);
     vidjs.currentTime(time);
-    vidjs.play();
+    this.playNoThrow(vidjs);
+  }
+
+  async playNoThrow(vidjs: Player | null) {
+    try {
+      await vidjs?.play();
+    } catch (e) {
+      // Ignore - video destroyed?
+    }
   }
 
   onContentDestroy({ content }: PsVideoEvent) {